I suggest this prayer exercise to help us live this Salesian Now. Each day make time to:
Use a comfortable space or go to your Prayer Place.
Light a candle or turn on a batteried candle.
Place your feet on the floor.
Become aware of your breathing:
Breathing in God’s life-giving breath.
Exhaling what is not of God: anxiety, stress, life-taking thoughts.
Think about where you’ve seen God.
Picture that good and hold your heart to appreciate and thank God for it.
Then place that thought in a gratitude bag or box, in your mind and heart, or in an actual bag or box that you create.
Think about any losses that you grieve.
Picture that person or situation and hold your heart again, now for healing.
Then honor each of these events and let them go.
They will remain until you can honor them in new ways.
Now become aware of your breathing again.
Thank God for your time together, or name whatever you are feeling.
Ask God to help you live into each “Now” today.
